1. MagicPlan

Floor plans are an essential part of any real estate listing. With MagicPlan, you can quickly generate detailed floor plans using your iPhone or iPad’s camera. After a quick calibration process, the phone can accurately determine dimensions based on a few pictures of each room. Then you simply arrange the rooms on the grid. Floor plans can be saved to the phone, sent to contacts or emailed to you in PDF, JPG or DXF formats to make updating listings, clients or investors a snap.

2. Videolicious

Videolicious makes it easy to capture and edit video using your smartphone. Support for narrations, captions, music tracks and slide shows make it easy to create professional property previews without having to spend hours at the computer. Templates and video filters allow you to create engaging video and highlight key features of your property for increased impact as well. When you have finished your video, you can iCloud and iTunes integration makes retrieving your videos straightforward and simple.

3. Dragon Dictation

If you frequently use your phone to communicate with clients or take notes on a property, Dragon Dictation can help streamline the process. Unlike other dictation software, Dragon Dictation requires no lengthy voice training. The app can export entries to many popular iOS apps as well. This makes it easy to respond to emails, send a quick text message or create notes for later use without having to using the on-screen keyboard.

4. 360 Panorama

360 Panorama eliminates the expensive software and equipment needed to take panoramic images. The app works by taking pictures at specific intervals and then combining the images into one file. On-screen guides tell you when to shift your camera and help to avoid distortion and warping of the image. Once you have taken the picture, it is added to your image roll to make sharing or uploading your panoramas simple.

5. CardMunch

Powered by LinkedIn, CardMunch provides a convenient way to manage business card contacts. Using your device’s camera, the app sends a copy of the business card to a transcription center. The information is then added to a contact file and stored within your iPhone or iPad’s contact list. You can also set up an auto-response service through CardMunch that sends a digital copy of your contact information to any contact that you scan into your phone. This makes it easy to follow up with clients and improve response times.

6. Evernote

Evernote provides a central location to store and sort video, images, text, website snippets and other information that you collect throughout your day. The app automatically synchronizes all of your items with your Evernote account and computer applications for easy access from the home or office as well. Everything you enter into Evernote can then be sorted into albums and is indexed for easy searching later.

7. Property Evaluator

In-depth calculations, formatting and other aspects of creating a property evaluation take a significant amount of time. With this app, you can complete much of the process from your device while you are on location. Templates include a coversheet, multiple photos, GPS maps, expense, profitability and many other items. The Pro version allows branding and template customization for added flexibility. Once you have entered the required information, the app creates a PDF file that is ready to email to clients, investment partners and lenders.

We hope these apps help you develop a more efficient, profitable real estate business.

About the Author: Jennifer D’Angelo has been writing about the real estate industry for companies like Right Residential for nearly a decade. When she’s not writing, Jen enjoys relaxing by the pool with a good book!

*Screenshots taken from iTunes

Real Estate Contacts, Inc. operates several online portals for real estate agents, www.realestatecontacts.com, the press concerning this new video channel speaks of connecting agents and potential buyers in specific or targeted geographic areas.

Slated to feature videos, slide shows, and tours of properties, the new media channel is slated to go live soon, according to the news. Robert DeAngelis, CEO & President of Real Estate Contacts, Inc., offers this about the upcoming development:

“Our business is on a very good trajectory, and we think there’s significant growth in the company over the next few years. Being one of our affiliates, real estate professionals will have their own real estate video channel that will have a powerful way for them to differentiate themselves from other agents online, and can even help them to secure more listings.”

DeAngelis goes on to discuss video marketing as the most viable channel for his company’s affiliates and partners in the coming months. Of particular note for this writer, if DeAngelis’ social media engagement is an indicator the new Realtor channel may be a bit one sided. 13,000 plus Twitter followers, many of whom are not real, shows Internet engagement of a kind. Similarly, 4,000 likes with only 3 people discussing, and a steep slope of the “likes” curve with no major press campaign, this is not a two way social engagement. Not in my view.

Real Estate Contacts Inc.Facebook profile

Video is a vital component of any muti-channel business engagement online. However, people interested in using video for the purposes of growing their business should be appraised, good media is expensive to produce and there are no guarantees (unless you buy them) that your target market will ever be reached. For a channel to be viable it takes a massive influx of traffic, combined with other marketing and ad elements. Companies like AgentImage.tv and channels like RealEstateChannel.ca, along with dozens of others, may offer suitable solutions for your endeavors too.

As always, we suggest readers do their homework and due diligence before adapting any ad, marketing, or PR plan of action. We leave you with video hosted both on YouTube and the Canada Real Estate Channel mentioned above. It’s from Condo One Property Management.

Channel image courtesy – Real Estate Contacts Facebook.